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Lateral view of a Male Baetis (Baetidae) (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from Mystery Creek #43 in New York
Blue-winged Olives
Baetis

Tiny Baetis mayflies are perhaps the most commonly encountered and imitated by anglers on all American trout streams due to their great abundance, widespread distribution, and trout-friendly emergence habits.

Lateral view of a Onocosmoecus (Limnephilidae) (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington
This specimen keys pretty easily to Onocosmoecus, and it closely resembles a specimen from Alaska which caddis expert Dave Ruiter recognized as this genus. As with that specimen, the only species in the genus documented in this area is Onocosmoecus unicolor, but Dave suggested for that specimen that there might be multiple not-yet-distinguished species under the unicolor umbrella and it would be best to stick with the genus-level ID. I'm doing the same for this one.
27" brown trout, my largest ever. It was the sub-dominant fish in its pool. After this, I hooked the bigger one, but I couldn't land it.
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Report at a Glance

General RegionFairbanks, Alaska
Specific LocationOn the Chena river @ Pioneer Park
Time of DayAfternoon
Fish CaughtGrayling
Conditions & HatchesNo apparent hatch going on.

Details and Discussion

GldstrmSam
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Fairbanks, Alaska

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GldstrmSam on Jul 26, 2012July 26th, 2012, 7:22 pm EDT
This afternoon I went down to the Chena river and tried my hand at some more grayling fishing. I used my favorite fly for grayling (a bead-head Brassie) and caught about a dozen in the course of a few hours. I also tried a caddis dry, but I only caught one with that.
I was very surprised considering it was a sweltering 85 degrees today.

Sorry, but since it was catch and release only for grayling I did not get any photos.

Sam
There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm. ~Patrick F. McManus

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